eriksoln BSN, RN

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    When did patients become "clients"?

    eriksoln replied to woahmelly's topic in General Nursing

    OK. Now you got me at a loss. No idea who Cousin Dupree
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    When did patients become "clients"?

    eriksoln replied to woahmelly's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, you like them but don't even know my song. Fine, fine.
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    When did patients become "clients"?

    eriksoln replied to woahmelly's topic in General Nursing

    I know why. Its cause of that old tongue twister: She has the patience to wait on patients by the sea
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    When did patients become "clients"?

    eriksoln replied to woahmelly's topic in General Nursing

    Google it.........thats too much work. Rather just make jokes about it till someone else googles it for
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    Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actually, I said something when I worked as a CNA that still applies now.......heck, it applies more. The type of pt. I have NO patience for is: The one who can't have anything any way except "their...
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    I am an American.

    eriksoln replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Would be a shame if he were an eye doctor. I think he could do welding.....with that big face shield eye contact wont be an
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    Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i brought this exact point up during one of our many "customer service matters" meetings. i pointed out most people don't have a choice where they go, and no one is going to go to a hospital that...
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    I am an American.

    eriksoln replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I AM AMERICAN................HEAR ME ROAR. someone was bound to do
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    When did patients become "clients"?

    eriksoln replied to woahmelly's topic in General Nursing

    People going to a ballgame are called "fans". I like that one. Lets call our "clients" fans from now one. We are the nursing team, and they are our fans. And lets get paid like...
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    I am an American.

    eriksoln replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    He he..........I can't help but snicker. We have some very "assertive" nurses on my unit lol. I can imagine the meeting now if this had happened on my unit. The yelling and tongue lashing that NM...
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    Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a manager tell me something very similar, but different: "If someone is threatening poor survey scores and is a chronic complainer, don't bother with them. Give them their meds and get out of...
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    Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Eh, we are talking about different things. The smile thing, w/e. People who smile in their personal life tend to smile while they practice nursing. I don't want to hear about smiling when there was...
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    I am an American.

    eriksoln replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would have made eye contact with the NM and then requested "I a written policy signed by yourself and the doctor stating we are not to ask for anything for patients, then I will happily comply." Or...
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    UHGGGG!!!! DOCTORS!!!

    eriksoln replied to livinthedreamRN's topic in General Nursing

    I find they are the one's who have issues with anything new. If a new form comes out..........forget it, they will not do it. We have one that does not like the DNR form we have been using for the...
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    When did patients become "clients"?

    eriksoln replied to woahmelly's topic in General Nursing

    Ha ha ha ha. Good luck getting anyone who knows the answer to this to confirm it. I am going on record right now: I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO
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    When did patients become "clients"?

    eriksoln replied to woahmelly's topic in General Nursing

    This is how it was explained to me: Patient is a medical term. When we use this term, we are speaking of the person strictly in medical terms. "The patient has a potassium level of w/e and is on...
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    Just tell your boss your Facebook updates increases your productivity

    eriksoln replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Oh. Not American? What else is there? Kidding And, after you've listened to the song a few times, tell us what you
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    Just tell your boss your Facebook updates increases your productivity

    eriksoln replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Get out
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    Just tell your boss your Facebook updates increases your productivity

    eriksoln replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Guess since the Devil Went Down to Georgia and lost, he decided to expand and work through
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    Need help on mark twain quote!

    eriksoln replied to TeeGuneys23's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a big WWII history fan. When the Valkyrie movie came out I freaked. I remember having done a paper on how many groups there were withing Germany, made up of German citizens, who tried to get to...
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    Just a change of pace.

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, they are. I remember the days when...............if you weren't working (and you were able), you were considered lazy or unethical. Nowadays, lots of people out there who are good, decent...
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    Just a change of pace.

    eriksoln posted a topic in General Nursing

    In another thread dealing with ducks and microscopic hair splitting (lol) I mentioned I had decided to reread an article I wrote a long time ago about how I got into nursing. I read it, and don't...
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    FMLA

    eriksoln replied to cecilsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, funny thing. I've been sick for the second time this week tonight, left work early because of it. First time occurred on my natural days off so it was of no consequence. I was very lucky the...
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    Need help on mark twain quote!

    eriksoln replied to TeeGuneys23's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, you missed my NSR102 instructor. She surely would have been one of your examples. According to her: We have two bronchials to match up with two nostrils. So..........occlude one nostril and...
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    Did being a CNA help you get an RN job?

    eriksoln replied to kdrose01's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Well, when I graduated, you didn't need help finding a job. I was being targeted during my third semester by two different hospitals. What it did do for me, and no less valuable I might add, was get...